Who was the most effective campaigner in the 2011 PE?

Table 1 below shows that the most effective campaigner dollar-wise is investnment adviser, Tan Jee Say. For each dollar he spent, he got 3.31 votes and he spent only 30 cents for each vote he got.

The most ineffective campaigner dollar-wise was ex-NTUC Income CEO, Tan Kin Lian. Taking into account his forfeited deposit of $48,000, for each dollar he spent he only got 0.88 of a vote, and he spent $1.14 for each vote he received.

As to the two Doctor Tans, Tan Cheng Bock’s numbers showed he was a lavish spender vis-a-vis the winner (and everyone else): see Table 2. He spent 42.7% of all monies spent (including TKL’s forfeited deposit) but only got 34.85% of all the valid votes cast. By contrast, Tony Tan spent 36.7% of all monies spent but got 35.2% of the valid votes cast. Table 2 below also shows how effective TJS spent his money. He spent only 11.85% of all monies spent but got 25.04% of all the valid votes cast.

Table 1 Presidential Election Spending: $ per Vote & Vote per $

Name

Votes

$ Spent

$ per Vote

Votes per $

Tony Tan

745693

530070

0.67

1.48

Tan Cheng Bock

738311

585045

0.79

1.26

Tan Jee Say

538441

162337

0.31

3.27

Tan Kin Lian

104095

70812

0.68

1.47

118912*

1.14

0.88

*This figure includes the $48,000 that TKL forfeited.

Table 2 Presidential Election Spending: Voting and Monies Spent %

Name

% of Valid Votes

% of All Monies Spent*

Tony Tan

35.04

36.7

Tan Cheng Bock

34.85

42.7

Tan Jee Say

25.04

11.85

Tan Kin Lian

4.91

8.68

*This figure includes the $48,000 that TKL forfeited.

Sources for both tables:

Voting data taken from Election Dept website with $ rounded up to nearest $.

How on earth did the Elections Dept. get these statics? You mean every canditate submits their expenditure to the E.D.? Who verifies the autenticity of such submission.
Maybe TT spent 5 million $. Who knows!